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Xcode is able to dynamically generate a development provisioning profile, even if you do not have a (paid) developer account. So side-loading is definitely poss

Xcode is able to dynamically generate a development provisioning profile, even if you do not have a (paid) developer account. So side-loading is definitely possible, in some respects.

Illniyar 7y ago
You need to create a developer account, learn how to use xCode (not at all trivial), and even with all that you need to reinstall it every 7 days. Effectively sideloading does not exist. The fact that 0.001 percent of people who own an iPhone can, with great effort, sideload apps is irrelevant.
- hesk 7y ago
  You don't need a developer account anymore to sideload apps on iOS.
  - elevenoh 7y ago
    But you still must reinstall every 7 days?
    - hesk 7y ago
      Yes, that is still a thing.
newscracker 7y ago
Unable to reply to Illniyar’s comment below. To add to those points on the difficulty (actually practical impossibility), you’d also need to have access to a Mac to do all those things every seven days. That’s a very big ask, along with the technical know how to use Xcode, for so many people in Hong Kong.
- 3xblah 7y ago
  Does anyone know the reason(s) why Apple makes it impractical to sideload?
  - toxik 7y ago
    Side loading is a threat to Apples control over all iOS and similar AppStore devices. If I didn’t want to comply with the very far-reaching requirements for e g in-app stores, I could just ask my users to side load my app. If for example Audible did this, it’d be a real threat.
    - Illniyar 7y ago
      Chief among this is the requirement that all in-app purchases have a 30% tax by apple. Which is why you can't buy books in the kindle ios app[0] among others. [0]https://www.techspot.com/article/1597-how-to-buy-kindle-book-iphone-ipad/ https://www.techspot.com/article/1597-how-to-buy-kindle-book...
      - toxik 7y ago
        Still waiting on regulators to slap Apple for that obvious anticompetitive behavior.

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Xcode is able to dynamically generate a development provisioning profile, even if you do not have a (paid) developer account. So side-loading is definitely poss

by iancarroll 7y ago

Xcode is able to dynamically generate a development provisioning profile, even if you do not have a (paid) developer account. So side-loading is definitely possible, in some respects.

Illniyar 7y ago
You need to create a developer account, learn how to use xCode (not at all trivial), and even with all that you need to reinstall it every 7 days. Effectively sideloading does not exist. The fact that 0.001 percent of people who own an iPhone can, with great effort, sideload apps is irrelevant.
- hesk 7y ago
  You don't need a developer account anymore to sideload apps on iOS.
  - elevenoh 7y ago
    But you still must reinstall every 7 days?
    - hesk 7y ago
      Yes, that is still a thing.
newscracker 7y ago
Unable to reply to Illniyar’s comment below. To add to those points on the difficulty (actually practical impossibility), you’d also need to have access to a Mac to do all those things every seven days. That’s a very big ask, along with the technical know how to use Xcode, for so many people in Hong Kong.
- 3xblah 7y ago
  Does anyone know the reason(s) why Apple makes it impractical to sideload?
  - toxik 7y ago
    Side loading is a threat to Apples control over all iOS and similar AppStore devices. If I didn’t want to comply with the very far-reaching requirements for e g in-app stores, I could just ask my users to side load my app. If for example Audible did this, it’d be a real threat.
    - Illniyar 7y ago
      Chief among this is the requirement that all in-app purchases have a 30% tax by apple. Which is why you can't buy books in the kindle ios app[0] among others. [0]https://www.techspot.com/article/1597-how-to-buy-kindle-book-iphone-ipad/ https://www.techspot.com/article/1597-how-to-buy-kindle-book...
      - toxik 7y ago
        Still waiting on regulators to slap Apple for that obvious anticompetitive behavior.